(This is not one of my areas of expertise so feel free to comment any corrections and such.)
Hot chocolate seems to maximize theobromine content.
"theo" as in theology, for "gods", and bromine comes from broma, for food. So, "food of the gods".
theobromine, chemistry basics of, at erowid,
http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/chocolate/chocolate_chemistry.shtml
theobromine, wiki page for,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobromine
theobromine poisoning, wiki has a separate entry for,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobromine_poisoning
theobromine pills,
https://www.google.com/search?q=theobromine&hl=en&prmd=imvns&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=-o4QT68kyJaJAuypzcEN&ved=0CJkBEK0E
ancient chocolate alcoholic beverage,
http://www.penn.museum/sites/biomoleculararchaeology/?page_id=506
theobromine, best food sources for,
http://foodinfo.us/SourcesUnabridged.aspx?Nutr_No=263
(Top food source is 2,634 milligrams per 100 grams, .. or 2.6%?)
(Elsewhere on the internet it says theobromine is in small amounts in "kola nut (1.0-2.5%), the guarana berry, and the tea plant."
theobromine, drugbank webpage for, (gives "mechanisms of action"),
http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB01412
brain sweat (optional),
theobromine 2011 paper (puzzling), http://www.chem.ucsb.edu/~devries/groupsite/pub/24AP-TB%20alt%20base%20pair.pdf
theobromine 2011 paper, (The de Vries lab photo. I recognize Goleta Beach in the background there. http://www.chem.ucsb.edu/~devries/groupsite/index.htm )
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